Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson: The Ultimate Role Model for Women in Science
Success Academy – May 2, 2019
This week, Success Academy friends and supporters gathered at the 2019 Spring Benefit to celebrate and support the “Joy of Discovery” that drives our approach to science, technology, engineering, and math education (STEM). The Honorable Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and recipient of the National Medal of Science, delivered the keynote address, touching on her own experience as the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate from MIT — in any field.
The Buzz About our Math Bees
Success Academy – November 9, 2018
Imagine yourself on a stage — you’re 11 years old and about to perform — but instead of tap dancing or singing, you’re here to calculate. You’re presented with a question: Find a number, n, so that when you multiply n by itself, you get the product 0.000081. There are only thirty seconds allotted to […]
In Elite Math Competition, SA Bronx 2 Middle School Achieves New Milestone
Success Academy – February 13, 2018
A group of scholars from Success Academy Bronx 2 Middle School made history last Tuesday, February 6, when they became the first-ever team from the SA network to qualify for the annual MATHCOUNTS state tournament in Albany.
When Zombies Attack, Mathematicians Save the Day
Cassondra Nealon – April 27, 2017
Most people don’t know this, but there are leading math educators whose celebrity status rivals Hollywood’s favorite movie stars. At least among math teachers! When Success Academy provided our high school math team with the chance to attend the annual National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference in San Antonio, Texas— essentially the Oscars of math education — we could hardly wait.
Mastering the Rubik’s Cube: One Scholar’s Story of Perseverance
Paul Silverman – March 7, 2017
His best time to date: one minute and two seconds.
Our littlest mathematicians share conceptual math smarts with a global audience
Sarah Brickley – November 29, 2016
Classes at SA Bronx 1 and SA Hell’s Kitchen got a lot bigger (and a little taller) earlier this month, when forty-five educators from as far away as Louisiana, Tennessee, Arizona, and Israel saw Success Academy’s innovative math curriculum in action in our kindergarten and first grade classrooms.
How 9-Year-Old Luis Landed On the Cover of the New Humans of New York Book
Amanda Simmons – October 15, 2015
It was a casual encounter in Harlem that brought the two of them together.
Aboard Sailboats, Scholars See Math in Action
Denae Howard – June 15, 2015
For three days at the end of May, two dozen seventh-grade scholars from three Success Academy middle schools — Harlem East, Harlem West, and Harlem Central — traveled to Oyster Bay, L.I., to study marine biology, ecosystems, winds, tides, and sailing at the Waterfront Center.
Guest Post: Why Success Academy Charter Schools are So Successful
Steve Leinwand – June 5, 2015
I usually don’t visit Capitol Hill to see great teaching and learning. But I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to go to the Hill recently and observe Success Academy math teacher Dana Adnopoz masterfully deliver a lesson on proportional reasoning to a group of fifth graders.
Common Core Math: How I Learned to Embrace It
Trevor Baisden – June 1, 2015
A few weeks ago, one of my fifth grade students asked a simple question that challenged me to think differently about my own pedagogy and powerfully illustrated the value of the Common Core’s commitment to a deeper, conceptual understanding of mathematics.
A Parent’s Perspective: Open Letter to The New York Times
Polina Bulman – April 13, 2015
Recently, The New York Times published an article about Success Academy, and it left me with a heavy heart. Success Academy is known for its joyful rigor, but the Times reporter described only the “rigor.” So I felt that I had to share my family’s experience and talk about the “joyful” part.
The Math Olympiads: Going Up Against the World’s Best Math Minds
Success Academy – February 17, 2015
In January, Mr. Yoo’s seventh-graders competed against 16,577 students from the U.S. and other countries, all of them taking the same five-question test.
How to Get Students (and Teachers) to Do Quality Math Work
Nick Simmons – December 3, 2014
What does it look like when the quality of a scholar’s mathematics work is truly excellent?
How Do You Win a Math Bee?
Success Academy – November 20, 2014
The math bee is an annual tradition at Success Academy that invites scholars to flex their math muscles in front of family members, teachers and peers. The questions are crafted to align to Common Core fluency standards, but also go beyond simple calculations or facts that must be memorized.